GRE Word List
EMETIC
an agent that induces vomiting
The meaning of the word emetic is an agent that induces vomiting.
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| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
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| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
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| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
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